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fresh air and sunshine are the prime necessaries of healthy 

 condition. Weakness and disease come more frequently from 

 injudicious feeding and housing than from any other cause. 

 Among the free and ownerless pariah dogs of the East disease 

 is almost unknown. 



For the kennels of our British-bred dogs, perhaps a southern 

 or a south-western aspect is the best, but wherever it is placed 

 the kennel must be sufficiently sheltered from rain and wind, 

 and it ought to be provided with a covered run in which the 

 inmates may have full liberty. An awning of some kind is 

 necessary. Trees afford good shelter from the sun-rays, but 

 they harbour moisture, and damp must be avoided at all 

 costs. When only one outdoor dog is kept, a kennel can be 

 improvised out of a packing-case, supported on bricks above 

 the ground, with the entrance properly shielded from the 

 weather. No dog should be allowed to live in a kennel in 

 which he cannot turn round at full length. Properly con- 

 structed, portable, and well- ventilated kennels for single 

 dogs are not expensive and are greatly to be preferred to any 

 amateurish makeshift. A good one for a terrier need not 

 cost more than a pound. It is usually the single dog that 

 suffers most from imperfect accommodation. His kennel is 

 generally too small to admit of a good bed of straw, and if 

 there is no railed-in run attached he must needs be chained 

 up. The dog that is kept on the chain becomes dirty in his 

 habits, unhappy, and savage. His chain is often too short and 

 is not provided with swivels to avert kinks. On a sudden 

 alarm, or on the appearance of a trespassing tabby, he will 

 often bound forward at the risk of dislocating his neck. 

 The yard-dog's chain ought always to be fitted with a stop 

 link spring to counteract the effect of the sudden jerk. The 

 method may be employed with advantage in the garden for 

 several dogs, a separate rope being used for each. Unfriendly 

 dogs can thus be kept safely apart and still be to some extent 

 at liberty. 



There is no obvious advantage in keeping a watch-dog 



